Year 1 – 10 Programmes

DISCOVER - Tarawera Eruption Survivor Experiences Learn their stories

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Your task is to read about the experiences of four people who lived through the Tarawera Eruption of 1886. A very important event that changed the course of history not only for Rotorua but also New Zealand. It destroyed the famous Pink and White Terraces and tragically killed over 120 people.

In this activity you will read each account and then answer the questions that follow.
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Tuttle & Co. Ruins of Te Mu church, Te Wairoa after the 10 June 1886 Tarawera eruption. OP-2972. Collection of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa

Tuttle & Co. Ruins of Te Mu church, Te Wairoa after the 10 June 1886 Tarawera eruption. OP-2972. Collection of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa

George Wilson, Rescue party at Lake Tarawera with whale boat after Tarawera eruption. Collection of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa

George Wilson, Rescue party at Lake Tarawera with whale boat after Tarawera eruption. Collection of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa

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